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Phew! One of my tasks for the New Year is to update my Happy Dance blog as I've gotten a little behind with that. I have actually completed 82 projects this year and if I can remember where I have put the little lead charm for Glorious Fall and attach it to the fabric tonight that will make 83! Three more than last year!

Monday, 30 December 2013

I have three different ornament challenges running this year, the JBW Alphabet Cat stitched in a different colour scheme each month, the Dragon Dreams 12 Dragonlets of Christmas, a FB exclusive and the Hallowe'en Ornie SAL blog.I have successfully stitched 12 months for the JBW Alphabet Kitties but have only finish-finished 9 of them. Job for the New Year! Here is the full calendar:

The 12 Dragonlets of Christmas were equally successful. Here they all are ready to be finished as little box lids for my son's 12 Days of Christmas countdown to Epiphany:

August - Julia Lucas' Trick or Treat from Just Cross Stitch Hallowe'en Special 2013

And that was it! I did stitch the Drac-in-the-box for most of October but it didn't fit into the themes for the SAL. Lainey has said she is not able to run the SAL next year for personal reasons so I have volunteered to do so. I am just waiting to hear back from her as to whether I can be an Admin on the current blog, if not then I will set up a new one and we'll go from there. Any suggestions as to themes?

Finally, Silver Lotus has confirmed that there will be a SAL next year, a Smalls SAL, all details found here. I have decided on four different categories this time (will I be able to keep them all going? Who knows!). They are:

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About Me

I'm a stitcher from the East of England, married with two boys.
I've been stitching since 1993 and have a dated sampler to prove it! I love the cross stitch chat forums and discovered blog-stalking a while back then started one of my own.
I love to stitch fantasy themes and samplers most of all. Mirabilia, L&L, Just Nan, Joan Elliot and TW are my favourites but my ambition is to stitch a Chatelaine...one day!
edit to say - 2017 is that day! I officially started my first Chatelaine mandala on 10th February 2017.